Wisconsin lawmakers push through Hmong burial bill

11:01 PM,
Dec. 4, 2010

Written by

Steve Wideman
Gannett Wisconsin Media

Fight the communist North Vietnamese army in Laos. Stop enemy soldiers and supplies from using the Ho Chi Minh Trail and, most urgently, rescue any U.S. pilot blown out of the sky over Laos.

"When an American pilot was shot down, our instructions were to get that pilot out no matter what the cost. Even if five or 10 Hmong soldiers died, we were never to give up," said Lee, who four decades later is leader of the Hmong-American Partnership in Appleton. ...